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[[File:Maquina vapor Watt ETSIIM.jpg|thumb|A [[Watt steam engine]] in [[Madrid]]. The development of the [[steam engine]] propelled the [[Industrial Revolution]] in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and the world. The steam engine was created to [[pump]] water from [[coal mine]]s, enabling them to be deepened beyond [[groundwater]] levels.]]
[[File:Maquina vapor Watt ETSIIM.jpg|left|thumb|''''"Revolutions are the locomotives of history"''' - ''Karl Marx'']]


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A '''revolution''' (from the [[Vulgar Latin|Latin]] ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental [[social change|change]] in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.  
A '''revolution''' (from the [[Vulgar Latin|Latin]] ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental [[social change|change]] in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.  
[[Aristotle]] described two types of political revolution:
[[Aristotle]] described two types of political revolution:
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#Complete change from one constitution to another
#Complete change from one constitution to another
#Modification of an existing constitution.<ref>Aristotle, ''The Politics'' V, tr. T.A. Sinclair (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1964, 1972), p. 190.</ref>
#Modification of an existing constitution.<ref>Aristotle, ''The Politics'' V, tr. T.A. Sinclair (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1964, 1972), p. 190.</ref>
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Revolutions have occurred through [[human history]] and vary widely in terms of methods, duration, and motivating [[ideology]]. Their results include major changes in [[culture]], [[economy]], and [[social institution|socio]]-[[political institution]]s.
Revolutions have occurred through [[human history]] and vary widely in terms of methods, duration, and motivating [[ideology]]. Their results include major changes in [[culture]], [[economy]], and [[social institution|socio]]-[[political institution]]s.